Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-29

not only well-bred mare, but is also a
producer of speed, being the dam of the
PAGER Conway :lsiD. Bellwood is cred
tied as yet with but single performer in
the 2 80 list. Wedgewood (2:l9j, foaled
in 1871, was from Woodbine, another
noted producing mare dam of Woodford
Mambrno, 2 :2l), and five of his ten first
foals have already scored records of 80
or better. 1t is claimed by some that
Woodbine's dam was a PAGER, but it is
stated upon what appears to be excellent
authority that both she and her DAM the
Singleton mare, were square-gaited trot-
tiers. Her sire, Woodford. it will be re-
membered, traces through sire and dam
straight a. string to old imported Do
med.
King Rene, foaled in 1873, by Belmont,
out of Blandina. whose dam was the IA
nous Burch mare diam of Rosalind,
2:2li, and Donald. 2:27), by Parkers
Brown Pilot, has already produced three
, 80 performers, viz Fugue ,2:24H.
Prince Edward @ :244) and Mist q :29t),
which beats both Nutwood and Wedge
wood in numbers at the same age. None
of Blandna's sons or daughters have yet
made records of = 80. but three of her
sons are credited with =: 80 performers.
Mambrino Patchen and Woodford Mann
brine are long ways ahead of any other
sons of Mambrino Chief as producers of
trotting speed, and both were out of IA
nous speed-producing dams. that of the
former being the dam of Lady rhorne
(2:lSD. SO Mambrno Gift far outranks
any other son of Mambrino Pilot as a
trotting sire. and his dam was the re-
nowned Waterwitch, dam of Viking
(2:2Oa) and Scotland g :224.)
In the light of these facts it should be
stallion to place at the head of his stud
to secure one if possible from dam
which has shown her ability to produce
tirst-class trotters. and the greater the
uniformity with which she has thrown
them the greater will be the chances of
such a stallion to succeed in getting win
ners. The same rule should govern all
breeders in the selection of a stallion to
cross upon their mares. Princeps. one
of the greatest troting sire> of his age
in this country, was out of Primrose. by
AleXander's Abdallah. The dam of Prim-
rose was Black Rose dam of Darkness.
2.214 to pole, Native American (2.324).
HermoSa (2.33b) and Lady Woodlawn
(2.374). Those who have stuck to the
much better success in the past than those
who have endeavored to combine the
greatest number of trotting strains re-
gardless of the success of the animals
through which those strains come in pro-
ducing turf winners, "A lesson which be-
ginners should profit by.
Mr.. Levi ). Gould of this city, to whom
the public is indebted for establishing the
fact that Bellfounder, sire of the dam
of Rysdyk's Hambletonan. was an i'm
ported Norfolk trotter, also that the dam
of Vermont Black Hawk. has lately re-
ceived atiidavits establishing beyond the
shadow of Il doubt his claim that Western
Fearnaught (Nlinoken Boy was by Dan
vile Boy Jr., son of Danville Boy, by
Young Morrill,. Those who know Western
Fearnaught well claim that he and his
get resemble the Fearnaughts closely.
Considering the fact that both had com
mon origin, Young Morrill,, this is not
surprising.
y subscriber at East Deering, Me-.
asks the breeding of Belle of Fitchburg
(2.30), She is mentioned in the trotting
records as by Paragon Morgan, he by
Bailey's Paragon. There are at least
four Paragons, one by Canada Andrew
Jackson, another by Paragon and he by
llale's Green Mountain Morgan. and an
other by Taggart's Abdallah. We are
not quite sure in regard to the matter,
but think Belle of Fitchburg originated
from the Canadian Paragon. The breed
ing of the dam of Belle of Fitchburg has
never been traced.
Judging by the number of choicely-
bred trotting foals mentioned by our
correspondents in all sections of the
country, those in want of fine trotting
stock, either for track, road or brood pur-
poses, will not need to 90 outside of New
England and New York to find something
that suits their purpose three or four
years hence.
We received "A pleasant call few days
since from Mr. +. }. Lawrence, owner of
DIR. Franklin (2.3l) and his speedy sons
Lawrence (four-year-old 2.30b and Ii
comic DIR. Franklin is doing II heavy
business in the stud, and the two
last named trotters are Jogging nicely.
They have had no fast work yet, but are
strong and hearty. Lawrence is entered
in the New England Breeders Stakes,